About 'Nimrod from Enigma Variations'

English composer from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries who wrote some of the most popular works in the English repertoire.

Composition Date:

1896

Composition Info:

The Ninth Variation - "Nimrod" from Elgar's ever popular 'Enigma Variations' - a set of variations, each dedicated to a friend of the composer. Nimrod represents Elgar's friend A. J. Jaeger, and is alledged to capture a discussion between them on Beethoven's slow movements.